Improvement in mop-wringers



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY RUSSELL, OF NEWltIGHMOND, WISCONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN MOP-WRINGERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 203,501, dated May 7,1878 applica-tion filed January 25. 1878. I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY RUssELL, of New Richmond, in the county of St.Oroix and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Mop-Wringers and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and toletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification, and in which- Figure 1 is a vertical transverse sectionof my improved mop-wringer, and Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinalsection thereof. Fig. 3 1ils a3 inverted View of the squeezer or presserThe same parts in the figures are denoted by the same letter.

This invention relates to improvements in mop-wringers.

It consists of a squeezer provided with a dish-shaped presser-surfaceand with a notch, the one to accommodate the head and the other thehandle of the mop; secondly, of the combination, with said squeezer, ofan auxiliary bottom.

In the annexed drawings, A marks an upright receptacle, in everyparticular constructed after the manner of the one shown in my LettersPatent dated July 9, 1867, N 0. 66,639. B is a follower or plunger, hungto a hand-lever, 0, provided with trunnion-shaped projections or fulcrumc c, which enter any two opposite notches in the parallel racks D D,secured to the backboard of the receptacle A, when the said lever isoperated, as hereinafter set forth. The lower end of the follower B isbeveled or inclined upwardly and outwardly from a point aboutequidistant from its sides, at which point it is pivoted or connected toa cross-head or squeezer, E, by a flexible or yielding connection, 0, topermit of the squeezer adapting itself to unequal thicknesses, intowhich the strands of the mop may arrange themselves when the mop isinserted into the receptacle Ato be wrung or squeezed. The squeezer E isprovided upon its lower side with a groove or concavity, f, extending inthe direction of its length, to enable it to grasp or fit down over themop and its head. A notch, f, is provided in the said squeezerdownwardly, when the operation of for the reception of the handle of themop I when the squeezer is pressed down.

F is a lower bar, which may be used or not, as desired. The upper sideof said bar is provided with a groove or concavity, g, to aid thesqueezer in compressing thelmop in squeezing or wringing the same.

The water expressed or 'wrung from the mop will escape down throughopenings or passages h h to the inclined bottom H, whence it will passoff through an opening, 1', into a bucket or other vessel placed belowand to one side of the bottom H, and upon an extension, j, of the lowerboard I of the receptacle A.

The handle of the mop, when placed in the mop-apartment of thereceptacle A, as.

seen in Fig. 2, to be operated upon by the plunger or squeezer, projectsthrough a vertical slot, 70, in the front part of the receptacle A. Uponthe upper ends of the sides of the receptacle A are outwardly-projectingstaples l 1, or other suitable means, upon which to hang the follower byits handle or lever O when not in use, the said lever being providedwith a headed projection or hook, m, to catch over said staples.

To operate the wringer when desired, insert the mop into the receptacleA, with its handle projecting through the slot k; then place thesqueezer in upon the mop, and the fulcrum c of the lever G into thedesired notchesof the rack D, and force the said lever wringing the mopwill be commenced.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patcut is- 1: As an improvement in mop-wringers, the.squeezer provided with a dish-shaped pressersurface and with a notch,the one to accommodate the head and the other the handle of the mop,substantially'as and for the purpose set forth. 7

2. The combination, with the dish-shaped or recessed squeezer, of thebar F, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

HENRY RUSSELL. Witnesses GEo. G. HOUGH, ALEX. RUssELL.

